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<hr><div align="left"><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101">PyScripter provides an integrated interactive Python interpreter featuring command history, 
code completion and call tips.&nbsp; This window also serves as the standard output of scripts 
running within the IDE.&nbsp; During debugging and when the execution has stopped at a 
breakpoint, the prompt changes to &quot;[Dbg]&gt;&gt;&gt; &quot;.</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"><span style=" font-size:12pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101"><br></span></font></div><div align="left"><img src="pythoninteractiveinterpreter1.JPG" style="width:38.50em; height:8.88em"   border="0"  alt="graphic"></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101"><br></span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101"><br></span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101"><b>Context Menu</b></span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101"><br></span></font></div><div align="left"><img src="pythoninteractiveinterpreter2.PNG" style="width:15.56em; height:13.75em"   border="0"  alt="graphic"></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101"><br></span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101"><br></span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101"><i>Copy (No Prompts)</i></span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101">Copies the selected text to the clipboard without the interpreter prompts.</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101"><i><br></i></span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101"><i>Paste &amp; Execute</i></span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101">Pastes text from the clipboard adding each contained statement to the prompt and interpreter 
history and executing it.</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101"><i><br></i></span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101"><i>Copy History</i></span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101">Copies the entered command history to the clipboard.</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101"><br></span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101"><i>Clear All</i></span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101">Clear all interpreter output.</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101"><br></span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000"><i>Interpreter Editor Options...</i></span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101">Shows the Editor Options Dialog (see the </span></font><a href="editoroptions.htm"><font face="Arial"  color="#0000ff"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#0000ff"><u>Editor Options</u></span></font></a><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101"> topic for details) for the Interpreter 
Window</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101"><br></span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101">The Python engine submenu is the same to the one available in the </span></font><a href="runmenu.htm"><font face="Arial"  color="#0000ff"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#0000ff"><u>Run 
menu</u></span></font></a><font face="Arial"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000">.</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101"><br></span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101"><b>Command History</b></span></font></div><div align="left"  style="margin-left:13mm; margin-right:0mm; text-indent:-6mm; margin-top:0.00mm; margin-bottom:0.00mm;"><font face="Symbol"  color="#010101"><span style=" font-size:11pt; font-family:Symbol; color:#010101">&middot;</span></font><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"><span style=" font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></font><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Alt-Up : previous command</span></font></div><div align="left"  style="margin-left:13mm; margin-right:0mm; text-indent:-6mm; margin-top:0.00mm; margin-bottom:0.00mm;"><font face="Symbol"  color="#010101"><span style=" font-size:11pt; font-family:Symbol; color:#010101">&middot;</span></font><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"><span style=" font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></font><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Alt-Down : next command</span></font></div><div align="left"  style="margin-left:13mm; margin-right:0mm; text-indent:-6mm; margin-top:0.00mm; margin-bottom:0.00mm;"><font face="Symbol"  color="#010101"><span style=" font-size:11pt; font-family:Symbol; color:#010101">&middot;</span></font><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"><span style=" font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></font><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Esc : clear command</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101"><br></span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101">If you scroll up and click on a previously issued command, possibly modified, then this 
command is copied to the current prompt ready to be reissued.&nbsp; Copy and paste operations 
work as in the text editor, but pieces of code need to be entered line-by-line.</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101"><br></span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101"><i>New in Version 1.7.2.4</i></span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101">Command Filtering:&nbsp; If you type some characters in the Python prompt and then invoke the 
history commands the history is filtered and only entries matching what you typed are shown.</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101"><br></span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101"><i>New in Version 1.7.2.4</i></span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101">Up/Down Keys:</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101">Up/Down keys can be used for the history previous/next commands, when the cursor is at the 
last line of the interpreter and this line contains the Python prompt.&nbsp; In that case thought the 
Up/Down keys are unavailable for scrolling, so you have to use the mouse to move to say the 
previous line, beyond which the Up/Down keys work as normal.</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101"><br></span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101"><b>Code Completion and Call Tips </b></span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101">Code completion and call tips are available when you type code in the interactive Python 
interpreter window.&nbsp; Click </span></font><a href="codecompletion.htm"><font face="Arial"  color="#0000ff"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#0000ff"><u>here</u></span></font></a><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101"> for details.</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101"><br></span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101"><b>Traceback Information</b></span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101"><b><br></b></span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101">Traceback information is displayed in red.&nbsp; By double clicking on a line with traceback call 
stack information the corresponding file position is displayed in the editor if available.</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial"  color="#010101"  size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#010101"><br></span></font></div><div align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;</div>

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